H.10 WEEKLY UPDATE: WEB RELEASE ONLY For immediate release FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES May 4, 2009 (Rates in currency units per U.S. dollar except as noted) MONETARY COUNTRY UNIT Apr. 27 Apr. 28 Apr. 29 Apr. 30 May. 1 *AUSTRALIA DOLLAR 0.7157 0.7043 0.7268 0.7317 0.7290 BRAZIL REAL 2.1963 2.2060 2.1617 2.1724 2.1730 CANADA DOLLAR 1.2106 1.2238 1.2008 1.1939 1.1868 CHINA, P.R. YUAN 6.8270 6.8266 6.8243 6.8180 6.8180 DENMARK KRONE 5.6706 5.7021 5.5891 5.6223 5.6139 *EMU MEMBERS EURO 1.3136 1.3061 1.3324 1.3244 1.3267 HONG KONG DOLLAR 7.7500 7.7508 7.7501 7.7500 7.7500 INDIA RUPEE 50.1500 50.4700 50.0500 49.7000 49.6500 JAPAN YEN 96.5700 96.4900 96.9700 98.7600 99.2400 MALAYSIA RINGGIT 3.5950 3.6250 3.5850 3.5580 3.5580 MEXICO PESO 13.7072 13.8850 13.5750 13.8010 13.8230 *NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 0.5694 0.5590 0.5759 0.5695 0.5687 NORWAY KRONE 6.6989 6.7240 6.5425 6.5670 6.5461 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 1.4933 1.4975 1.4820 1.4772 1.4810 SOUTH AFRICA RAND 8.7450 8.7180 8.4850 8.4400 8.4350 SOUTH KOREA WON 1338.4000 1351.8000 1335.7000 1277.0000 1277.0000 SRI LANKA RUPEE 120.2200 119.9000 120.0000 120.0000 120.0000 SWEDEN KRONA 8.1212 8.2068 8.0143 7.9882 8.0405 SWITZERLAND FRANC 1.1472 1.1517 1.1309 1.1402 1.1364 TAIWAN DOLLAR 33.7200 33.7900 33.6400 33.0600 33.1400 THAILAND BAHT 35.4200 35.3900 35.3100 35.2300 35.2500 *UNITED KINGDOM POUND 1.4678 1.4607 1.4802 1.4799 1.4881 VENEZUELA BOLIVAR 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 2.1446 MEMO: UNITED STATES DOLLAR 1)BROAD JAN97=100 109.6886 110.2838 108.9882 109.0479 108.9732 2)MAJOR CURRENCY MAR73=100 81.7941 82.3162 81.0919 81.3858 81.2267 3)OITP JAN97=100 139.3871 140.0125 138.7984 138.4569 138.5347 For more information on exchange rate indexes for the U.S. dollar, see "Indexes of the Foreign Exchange Value of the Dollar," Federal Reserve Bulletin, 91:1 (Winter 2005), pp. 1-8 (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2005/winter05_index.pdf). Weights for the broad index can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10/Weights; weights for the major currencies index and the other important trading partners (OITP) index are derived from the broad index weights. The most recent annual revision of the currency weights and dollar indexes took effect with the January 2, 2007 release of this report. The source for exchange rates not listed in the table above but used in the calculation of the broad and OITP indexes is Bloomberg L.P. * U.S. dollars per currency unit. 1) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies of a broad group of major U.S. trading partners. 2) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of the broad index currencies that circulate widely outside the country of issue. 3) A weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar against a subset of the broad index currencies that do not circulate widely outside the country of issue. The euro is reported in place of the individual euro-area currencies. These currency rates can be derived from the dollar/euro rate by using the fixed conversion rates (in currencies per euro) given below: 1 EURO = 13.7603 AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS = 40.3399 BELGIAN FRANCS = 5.94573 FINNISH MARKKAS = 6.55957 FRENCH FRANCS = 1.95583 GERMAN MARKS = .787564 IRISH POUNDS = 1936.27 ITALIAN LIRE = 40.3399 LUXEMBOURG FRANCS = 2.20371 NETHERLANDS GUILDERS = 200.482 PORTUGUESE ESCUDOS = 166.386 SPANISH PESETAS = 340.750 GREEK DRACHMAS = 239.640 SLOVENIAN TOLAR